Old Barker Branch Cemetery
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Old Barker Branch Cemetery

Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA

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    Coordinates: 30.55783, -90.05201
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Located:
Township 6S, Range 11E, Section 1

In what was originally Old Millings Pasture. Just off Stafford Rd. and Rogers Hill Rd., faded into the woods. - Very overgrown; extremely difficult, if not impossible to get to by the original directions below.

Directions:

ON LA. 1081, 6.5 MILES NORTH OF COVINGTON, ON LA. 437 TAKE 1081 TO NORTH SIDE OF THE LITTLE BOGUE FALAYA RIVER. WALK THRU A WOODS To "T" AT FENCED PASTURE. GO LEFT. THIS TRAIL WILL EVENTUALLY TURN BACKTHE DIRECTION YOU CAME GO PAST HOUSE ON LEFT ABOUT 80-100 MORE YARDS. CEMETERY IS ON LEFT, JUST OFF TRAIL.

Officially designated as a "Grave Yard" 25 May 1895, Conveyance Book Q, pages 748-749. (See Mary Fitzgerald and William Barker for copy.)

This cemetery was originally documented by Doris Martin Holden in Nov 1975. At that time, there were still some old iron markers that were unreadable. At one time, it was fenced, but there is no longer any sign of the old wooden fence. When the cemetery was first established, it was near the old Stafford and Barker homes.

In the 1990's this cemetery was already overgrown and basically forgotten. The headstones were broken and on the ground.
The damage done by fallen trees in Hurricane Katrina in 2005 made things even worse.

When visited in July 2017, there was little visible remaining; only recognizable graves with cement surrounding them, but no markers. Three very damaged headstones broken into pieces were found on the ground. Those were of William Barker, Mark N. Barker and Peninah Fitzgerald.
















Located:
Township 6S, Range 11E, Section 1

In what was originally Old Millings Pasture. Just off Stafford Rd. and Rogers Hill Rd., faded into the woods. - Very overgrown; extremely difficult, if not impossible to get to by the original directions below.

Directions:

ON LA. 1081, 6.5 MILES NORTH OF COVINGTON, ON LA. 437 TAKE 1081 TO NORTH SIDE OF THE LITTLE BOGUE FALAYA RIVER. WALK THRU A WOODS To "T" AT FENCED PASTURE. GO LEFT. THIS TRAIL WILL EVENTUALLY TURN BACKTHE DIRECTION YOU CAME GO PAST HOUSE ON LEFT ABOUT 80-100 MORE YARDS. CEMETERY IS ON LEFT, JUST OFF TRAIL.

Officially designated as a "Grave Yard" 25 May 1895, Conveyance Book Q, pages 748-749. (See Mary Fitzgerald and William Barker for copy.)

This cemetery was originally documented by Doris Martin Holden in Nov 1975. At that time, there were still some old iron markers that were unreadable. At one time, it was fenced, but there is no longer any sign of the old wooden fence. When the cemetery was first established, it was near the old Stafford and Barker homes.

In the 1990's this cemetery was already overgrown and basically forgotten. The headstones were broken and on the ground.
The damage done by fallen trees in Hurricane Katrina in 2005 made things even worse.

When visited in July 2017, there was little visible remaining; only recognizable graves with cement surrounding them, but no markers. Three very damaged headstones broken into pieces were found on the ground. Those were of William Barker, Mark N. Barker and Peninah Fitzgerald.
















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